diff --git a/gstreamer-sharp/Gstreamer.metadata b/gstreamer-sharp/Gstreamer.metadata
index 88e30b5f94..c10cffba02 100644
--- a/gstreamer-sharp/Gstreamer.metadata
+++ b/gstreamer-sharp/Gstreamer.metadata
@@ -1224,7 +1224,14 @@
   <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_get_size']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
   <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_new_caps']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
   <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_new_caps_interlaced']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
+  <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_get_component_height']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
+  <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_get_component_offset']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
+  <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_get_component_width']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
+  <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_get_pixel_stride']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
+  <move-node path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_get_row_stride']">/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']</move-node>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']/method[@name='FormatNewCapsInterlaced']" name="name">FormatNewCaps</attr>
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']/method[@cname='gst_video_frame_rate']" name="hidden">1</attr>
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@cname='GstVideoUtil']/method[@cname='gst_video_format_to_fourcc']" name="hidden">1</attr>
 
   <attr path="/api/namespace/enum[@cname='GstVideoFormat']/member[@name='Yv12']" name="name">YV12</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/enum[@cname='GstVideoFormat']/member[@name='Yuy2']" name="name">YUY2</attr>
@@ -1244,4 +1251,7 @@
   <attr path="/api/namespace/enum[@cname='GstVideoFormat']/member[@name='Y42b']" name="name">Y42B</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/enum[@cname='GstVideoFormat']/member[@name='Yvyu']" name="name">YVYU</attr>
 
+
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GstVideoSink']/method[@cname='gst_video_sink_center_rect']/parameters/parameter[@name='result']" name="pass_as">ref</attr>
+
 </metadata>
diff --git a/gstreamer-sharp/Makefile.am b/gstreamer-sharp/Makefile.am
index 78f111f295..4a4306fc42 100644
--- a/gstreamer-sharp/Makefile.am
+++ b/gstreamer-sharp/Makefile.am
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ customs = 			\
 	TunerChannel.custom	\
 	Adapter.custom		\
 	Controller.custom	\
-	ControlSource.custom
+	ControlSource.custom	\
+	VideoUtil.custom
 
 build_customs = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(customs))
 
diff --git a/gstreamer-sharp/VideoUtil.custom b/gstreamer-sharp/VideoUtil.custom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fad758ba97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gstreamer-sharp/VideoUtil.custom
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[DllImport ("libgstvideo-0.10.dll") ]
+static extern IntPtr gst_video_frame_rate (IntPtr pad);
+
+public static Gst.Fraction GetFrameRate (Gst.Pad pad) {
+  IntPtr raw_ret = gst_video_frame_rate (pad == null ? IntPtr.Zero : pad.Handle);
+  if (raw_ret == IntPtr.Zero)
+    return new Gst.Fraction ();
+
+  GLib.Value ret = (GLib.Value) Marshal.PtrToStructure (raw_ret, typeof (GLib.Value));
+  return (Gst.Fraction) ret.Val;
+}
+
+[DllImport ("libgstvideo-0.10.dll") ]
+static extern uint gst_video_format_to_fourcc (int format);
+
+public static Gst.Fourcc FormatToFourcc (Gst.Video.VideoFormat format) {
+  uint raw_ret = gst_video_format_to_fourcc ( (int) format);
+  uint ret = raw_ret;
+  return new Gst.Fourcc (ret);
+}
+
+public static Gst.Video.VideoFormat FormatFromFourcc (Gst.Fourcc fourcc) {
+  return FormatFromFourcc (fourcc.Val);
+}